I do not own Naruto. If I did Sasuke wouldn't be such a pain, Orochimaru would be dead, and Sakura would take her training seriously. Swords belong to The Maiden of the Bloody Rose. I just wanted something I could use. Sorry dude.

Chapter 11: Return of the Konoha 12

It had been almost three years since the Konoha 12 had gone into the Namikze complex for training. Since then things had been quiet for the village. Well most of them anyway. Tsunade was constantly questioned by idiots who said that Naruto was corrupting the future of the clans. They were then sent straight to the hospital with a lot of broken bones. Over the last three years Danzo had been hiding underground. It was hard to tell where he went or when he would strike.

At the time everyone from the teachers to the clan heads were currently at the bar. The reason for the little party was that their children and students would be returning the following day.

"Man I can't believe it's nearly been three years already," Anko said as she took a bite out of her Dango.

"Time flies I guess," Asuma said.

"I agree," Gai spoke up, "I cannot wait to see my youthful charge! I wonder how much more youthful he has gotten over the years?"

"We'll just have to find out," Anko said as she took a swig of her sake.

After the party everyone went home. The next day they woke up with small hangovers. After throwing up a few times, taking a lot of aspirin, and making sure that their breath didn't reek like it had last night they headed out for the Namikaze compound.

The grounds were currently surrounded by a bunch of villagers. Over the past three years news of how Naruto killed Orochimaru, thanks to Anko spilling it out at a bar, people had begun to see him in a different light. Slowly, but surely they were getting over their hate from the Kyuubi attack.

Tsume, Hiashi, Shibi, Dan, Inoichi, Shikaku stood waiting for their children. Kakashi, Kurenai, Gai and Asuma all stood waiting for their students and to see what kind of strength they would have after training for so many years. Tsunade waited cause she wanted to see her godson. Anko waited so she could see her blonde fox as she started calling him after their date. She also said that if any girls tried to get Naruto for his family name and money that she would torture them so horribly that they would be begging for death by that time.

Over the years their looks hadn't really changed. Kakashi basicly wore the same outfit only his jounin vest had a lightning design on it. Kurenai wore a red and white battle kimono with a red rose on the back and had the violin Naruto made her sealed in her arm. Asuma still had his basic look, but he kept the trench knives Naruto made on his belt. Gai looked the same only he had the bands for his iron gloves on his wrist and the boots underneath his legwarmers. Anko's look had changed to where she wore a slightly more modest outfit. She wore a shirt that still showed off a little cleavage and purple trench coat that had Toxic mistress and had Emerald Viper and Dark Poison in an X pattern on her back.

After a few minutes of waiting the force field around the Namikaze compound began to lift. After the field was gone the gates slowly opened. As it opened it revealed 13 figures. All of them were easily recognizable by the parents. As they looked they were surprised that their children's looks had changed.

Jiraiya was the first one out. He still wore the same clothes as before. The only difference was that his hair was slightly longer.

Kiba, now slightly taller, wore a black jacket with the hood down and opened to reveal a white shirt. You could tell he had gotten stronger due to some muscle that was under his shirt. On the he also wore baggy jeans that had a chain linking the belt and the left pocket. He wore a belt that had a buckle designed after a wolf's head. He wore black ANBU sandals on his feet. On his wrists were two bands that had the kanji for coyote on them. Tsume recognized them immediately as the weapons that Naruto made. On the back of his jacket he had the kanji for Werewolf. Akamaru walked at Kiba's side. The small puppy had grown into a large dog that was big enough for Kiba to ride.

Shino wore a long white baggy outfit with the hood up and a high collar that covered his mouth. The baggy clothes hid his muscle. The usual sunglasses were there too. One thing that was different was the large chain he had wrapped around his chest. Shibi recognized it as the chain Naruto made for his clan. On the back of his coat he had the Kanji for Acid Beetle.

Hinata's look shocked her father. She no longer wore the baggy coat. she wore a long sleeve that was blue on the shoulder and white through out everything else. This shirt showed off that she was rather well developed. A few men had a few nosebleeds. She also had long ANBU style pants that showed her curves a little and black sandals. Her hair was no longer short and grew out past her shoulders. She wore a pair of brown gloves. Her shirt had the kanji for Hyuuga Water Princess on her back.

Ino was the next seen. She was sporting Red Devil on her shoulder. She wore a purple top with no sleeves that showed off her assets slightly, but not too much. She also wore a long purple skirt that ended below her knees and blue sandals. Her long blonde hair was still in a pony tail. She had Fire Princess tattooed on her left forearm.

Chouji walked out with Raging Earth mounted on his back. The boy now wore samurai like armor. The armor was red while the shirt he wore was brown. He had lost some of the baby fat he had. The armor, surprising showed off some muscle he gained over the three years of training. N his left shoulder armor he had the kanji for Colossus written in black.

Shikimaru walked out next. He wore a gray shirt with his Chuunin flack jacket over it. The Shadow Spear was slung over his shoulder. He had gained a slight bit of muscle as well. He wore short jeans and black sandals. On the sleeve he had the kanji for Abyss.

Neji walked out next. He wore an open tan jacket with a white hsirt underneath and long black ANBU style pants. He had All Seeing Eagle sheathed on a belt that had the Hyuuga symbol for a buckle. On the back of his jacket he had the kanji for Hyuuga's swordsman.

Ten-Ten still had her hair up in two buns. She had grown some muscle like everyone else had. She wore a blue Chinese style shirt and black ANBU pants and blue sandals. On the back of her shirt she had Iron Maiden in Kanji. Unlike the others she didn't carry a weapon.

Lee walked out and he wasn't in the usual green jumpsuit much to Gai's dismay and everyone else's relief. He now wore a green shirt and long blue jeans. His hair was still a bowl cut. Since he didn't have the jumpsuit he didn't need legwarmers to hide the weights on his legs. Gai noticed the bands on Lee's arms and legs and knew that the he had the same weapons he did. On the back of his shirt he had Konoha's Iron Fist in Kanji.

Next was Sasuke. He wore a black short sleeve shirt and long baggy black jeans and a chain around his waste like a belt. He had Avenger, the sword Naruto gave him during the execution 2 chapters ago, on his back. He had gained muscle like his male friends. He also had Uchiha's Burning Strength in Kanji.

Next was Sakura. She had grown a little muscle, but not too much. She sore a red battle kimono with blue shorts under it. She had bandages wrapped around her forearms and white fingerless gloves. On her back was a large black and gold bow that had the Kanji for earth, fire, water, lightning and air. Her shirt had the image of a white dragon wrapped around her and had Elemental Archer tattooed on her arm.

Finally Naruto came out. Anko felt her face flush as she saw the little friend. He was now a little taller then Sasuke. His hair was still blonde with red streaks except he had it tied in a pony tail. His outfit consisted of a black shirt and long black ANBU pants. He also wore a blue trench coat with the sleeves torn off to show off his muscled arms. On the back of his trench coat he had the Namikaze Symbol and Konoha's Ultimate Swordsman written in Kanji.

Eveyrone was embraced by their parents, for those who had them, and teachers.

"MY YOUTHFUL CHARGE!" Gai yelled as he crushed Lee in a manly hug, "IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN! HOW ARE YOUR FLAMES OF YOUTH?"

"BRIGHT AS EVER GAI SENSEI!" Lee answered.

"Lee," Neji said, "what did we talk about?"

"Oh," Lee said in a normal voice, "It is very rude and unyouthful to yell when the person you are talking to is right next to you."

Gai gasped as he dropped his student.

"You have become more youthful!" Gai said with anime tears running down his face, "I applaud you Naruto for making my charge more youthful!"

"You're welcome," Naruto said smirking.

"Hey mom," Kiba said, "before this goes any further there's something we need to talk to you about. So do the other children of the Shinobi clan heads."

Tsume knew that tone from when Kiba's father used it. Everyone nodded and entered the Namikaze compounds. Everyone was surprised to see much damage was done to the training area. Cracks in the ground, slash marks on the walls, burn marks and some acid burn marks.

Everyone walked into the main room and sat down.

"So what is it you want to ask?" Tsume asked her son.

"Why were some of our clan jutsu in the Namikaze vault?" Kiba asked with the large Akamaru sitting down next to him on the floor.

"Well," Hiashi said, "While we were children and yoru grandparents were clan heads our houses were broken into. Their target were the clan jutsu of our clan. The powerful ones that could easily kill someone. Luckily they didn't get away with it. We recently found out that the heists were planned by Danzo after going through some papers that he carelessly left behind."

"That son of a-" Kiba started, but was knocked over the head by his mother.

"We decided," Hiashi continued, "with the help of Naruto's grandfather to put our jutsu that only one of the

Namikaze could open. That's what lead to the Namikaze vault."

"Whoa," Naruto said as he heard that.

"I take it you found the techniques," Tsunade said.

"Not only that," Hinata said, "we learned them."

"Oh man," Dan said, "I can't wait to see some of those moves in action."

After that the kids told their parents and respective sensei about the training they had undergone. Apparently Naruto was a slave driver. When Shikimaru he made him do pushups with a 20 pound rock on his back. And each time he was lazy the weight of the rock was increased. Shikimaru wasn't that lazy during the training this time around. After a few minutes there was a knock at the door.

Naruto got up and answered it to reveal the Hyuuga council with a smug looking Hanabi.

"The Hyuuga council," Naruto muttered, "to what do I owe this…pleasure," the blonde asked while trying to be civil.

He was still upset about them wanting to put the caged bird seal on Hnata. Plus he didn't want to marry Hanabi. It was obvious that she only wanted him for his clan name and power. He didn't want to stuck in a loveless marriage. Plus she was way too young for him anyway.

"We," said one of the councilman, "are here to take Hinata with us so that she can be tested against Hanabi to see if she is worthy to become the clan head when she comes of age."

Hanabi smirked and looked at Naruto. She looked at him with a playful look that was obviously more than innocent. Naruto just leveled a glare at her making the her look at the ground and squirm.

"Why don't we do it here?" Naruto asked, "I mean everyone is here. It would be a waste of time to just walk back to the Hyuuga complex."

"Good point," said one councilman trying to hide his smirk.

He and the rest of the council knew that Hinata would lose to Hanabi and they could finally put the caged bird seal on the weak little Hyuuga.

The Hyuuga council and everyone else made their way to the sparring ring. The Hyuuga council didn't see the training area that they had been in so they didn't know how vigorous the training session had been for the past three years.

The two Hyuuga entered the ring. Hanabi grinned at her sister.

"Don't worry sister," Hanabi said as she activated her Byakugan, "I'll take good care of Naruto-kun."

Hanabi lost her grin as she felt a little killing intent aimed at her. She was surprised to see a bit of anger in her big sister's eyes.

"Hanabi…" Hinata said, "Shut up. I think it's time for a long over due spanking."

Hanabi steeled her nerves and got into a gentle fist stance. Hinata got into her stance too only her hands were put out on front of her a little bit.

"She can't even do the gentle fist stance right," one councilmember laughed.

However one member, Hiashi's father, had a glimmer of recognition in his eyes. He had seen that fighting stance before, but that was a long time ago.

In the ring Hanabi ran at her sister. Hinata just dodged to the side. Hinata then threw out a Jyuken strike that

Hanabi managed to dodge. Hanabi was surprised that the sister that had never struck out at her before was doing it now. As she was thinking this she realized another strike was heading for her again. She jumped back.

Hinata grinned as she suddenly front flipped over Hanabi and then nailed her in the back of her shoulder with a Jyuuken strike. Hanabi cried out as she stumbled forward and clutched her shoulder. Hanabi turned and glared at her sister. She tired to get back in the stance, but then she realized something that shocked her.

"I-I can't move my arm," she said.

"What?" a councilman yelled, "How? The Jyuken style closes tenkutsu. It shouldn't be able to do that!"

"How did you do that?" Hanabi asked.

"My little secret," Hinata answered making Hanabi scowl.

Her scowl turned to shock when Hinata vanished and appeared in front of her.

"Divination: 64 Palms!" Hinata said, "2 palm! 4 palms! 8 palms! 16 palms! 32 palms! 64 palms!"

Each strike hit it's mark and Hanabi fell to the ground in pain. The Hyuuga council gaped in shock that the Hyuuga failure had just beaten her little sister. They were staring in shock at her.

"How did she manage to beat Hanabi?" asked a Hyuuga council member.

"Simple," Hinata said, "I used my mother's version of the Jyuken style."

"I thought I recognized that stance," Hiashi's father said, "You used a perverted version of our style."

"No," Hinata said, "the style are the same, but mine is better."

"You lie!" said another council member.

"She doesn't," Hiashi said, "The fact that she beat Hanabi is a clear sign that our own is quite flawed. I thought you would have realized this when Naruto beat our so called prodigy during the Chuunin exam three years ago."

"But how did she manage to take away the use of Hanabi's arm?" asked a councilmember.

"I have water based chakra instead of earth based," Hinata explained, "because of that I can expand the reach of my strikes. Thanks to this if I strike a joint I can paralyze it through the tenkutsu."

"I knew we shouldn't have let this happen," growled a councilmember, "Winner or not you will still be branded with the caged bird seal!"

"She won!" Hiashi yelled.

"She didn't use the regular Jyuken style!" the councilmember growled back, "It doesn't count! Neji! Subdue her so we can brand her."

"No," Neji replied drawing his sword.

"Now!" the councilmember commanded.

Neji just stood defiant.

"All right then," the councilman said as he formed a half ram seal.

Silence.

Nothing happened.

The councilman tried again as did the others.

"The caged bird seal isn't activating," the councilman whispered.

Neji removed his headband. The Hyuga councilmember's eyes widened in shock and a little bit of fear. The seal was gone!

"How?" Hiashi's father asked being answered by Naruto's laughter.

"Being a seal master in training has it's advantages," Naruto said.

The Hyuuga council was sweating at this point. They then tried to make a break for the door, but they were cut off by Akamaru jumping in front of it and roaring angrily.

"There is also something I would like to know," Tsunade said, "I had a look at Hannah's body with the consent of Hiashi. Imagine my surprise when I find leftover traces of poison in her body. Care to explain?"

The council was sweating bullets at this point. At that everyone could tell that they had something to do with it.

"ANBU! Take these traitors to the interrogation and tell Ibiki that Anko is on her way for a session,"

Tsunade said as a bunch of ANBU appeared out of nowhere.

The Hyuga council was then put in chakra cuffs and then taken off to the interrogation department. Anko walked over to Naruto and gave him a small peck on the lips.

"See you later cutie pie," she said as she sauntered off swaying her hips.

Hinata and Ten-Ten both glared holes in the back of the snake mistresses head. This didn't go unnoticed by their parents.

"I thought he would be with my daughter," Inoichi said.

"I would be," Naruto said, "but Shikamaru beat me to the punch."

Shikaku's and Inoichi's jaws both dropped as they stared at their children. Shikamaru walked over to Ino and put his arm around her waist and pulled her close making her blush.

"What about Sakura?" Tsunade asked.

Sakura waked up to Sasuke and took his arm leaned against it making the Uchiha blush slightly.

"Okay when did this happen?" Kakashi asked.

"Well," Naruto said, "Shikamaru and Ino were sparring about a month after we got in. while sparring both of them slipped on some banana peels Chouji left around (sent a look at said boy who grinned sheepishly) they wound up kissing and wouldn't go near each other for a while. In the end we locked the two in a closet. About an hour later we opened it to find the two making out."

"That explains a bit," Tsunade said, "but what about Sakura and Sasuke here?"

"Sakura grew on me during training," Sasuke said, "after a while we got to talking and I wound up asking her out. You'd be surprised that you can actually go out with someone in this place."

"You can?" Tsunade asked.

"Yep," Sakura said, "Chouji made us dinner and Naruto played his violin in the background. It was really romantic. Plus, despite his nature, Shikamaru made a pretty good waiter."

Everyone stared at Shikamaru who squirmed a little under everyone's gaze.

"This is just too insane," Kakashi said.

"So how did you and Hinata finally get together?" Hiashi asked.

"Well," Hinata said sitting next to her father, "I finally got the guts to admit my feelings for him."

Everyone snickered a bit when they remembered what had happened.

"What's so funny?" Tsume asked.

"When Hinata told him," Kiba said laughing, "Naruto told her the same and gave her a little kiss. After that she let out of the biggest fan girl squeals I've ever heard."

The boy then stuck his finger in his ear and cleaned out his ear, "I can still feel my ears ringing and Akamaru had to bury his head in the ground when it happened."

Everyone blinked before they started laughing a bit.

"You said you wouldn't tell anybody about that," Hinata muttered looking a little embarrassed.

"We couldn't help it," Ten-Ten said, "It was freaking funny!"

"So now that we're out," Naruto said, "why don't we head to Ichiruka's? I'm in the mood for some real ramen for once."

"Yeah," Ino said, "We had some of the instant stuff and we want to compare."

"Yeah!" Chouji yelled, "Ramen!"

With a shrug everybody got up and decided to go to Ichiruka's ramen stand. They decided it would be a way to celebrate the return of their children from their training trip. The group of genin made their way to the stand. As soon as they entered they were greeted with the sight of an old man and pretty young woman.

"Hey there old man," Naruto said sitting down.

"Naruto," the old man Teuchi said, "Where's my number 1 customer been for the past few years?"

"I've been training with my friends here," Naruto answered as the people mentioned sat down.

"Hey there," Ayame said smiling.

Chouji was currently staring at Ayame. The girl noticed this and decided to have a little bit of fun with it. She winked at him making the Akamichi blush.

Everyone ordered a different type of ramen that suited their tastes.

"So Naruto," Tsunade asked as they waited for their meals, "How have you come along with your swords?"

"I've mastered all of the swords of light and dark," Naruto answered making the others gasp.

"All of them?" Anko asked, "How did you manage to do that in three years time?"

"I took me a year with both sets," Naruto explained, "apparently my determination and other things involving my friends gave me access to their power. Unlike the third set they need positive feelings or, in the case of the swords of dark, a deep fury."

"How did you manage the last part?" Tsume asked as their food arrived.

"I found out about what happened to my family in Whirlpool," Naruto answered, "My clan was slaughtered by some guy with weird eyes. Anyway since I mastered the swords of light I trained only with the dark

swords. My righteous fury, as the fox calls it, gave me the ability to master them."

"Naruto," Tsunade said, "Shouldn't you not mention the-"

"We know about the fox," Sasuke said taking a bit of ramen. He wasn't a big fan of the stuff, but it was decent food he would admit.

"You told them?" Tsume asked.

"Some of them already knew," Naruto said causing the parents to stare at their children.

"Mom told me before she went missing," Ten-Ten said.

"I figured it out," Shikimaru said.

"Uncle told me," Chouji said.

"Grandma obviously," Kiba said.

"My mom obviously," Sakura said.

"The rest of us didn't know, so you can guess we were feeling pretty upset about that," Sasuke said looking a little bit upset.

After that everyone ate in relative silence except for the parents and sensei asking their respective students and children about what they trained in and how powerful they had become. The answer was that they would just have to wait and find out.

They finished eating and paid. Well they all ditched Jiraiya and left the bill for him to pick up. They all figured since he sold those Icha Icha books that the would have plenty of money to spare, but he was just too much of a tight wad to do so.

After that everyone went home.

Naruto was walking through the courtyard of his home. He then felt something was off. He noticed the door was unlocked, and he knew that he locked the door when he left. He walked through the house. When he entered he found a note on the coffee table.

It read:

"Come upstairs. I have a surprise for you."

Naruto raised an eyebrow at the letter. He made his way upstairs. When he entered he saw a sight that almost made him faint.

In his room on his bed sat Anko in a purple swimsuit that looked like it was made from snake skin.

"Hey there," she said in a husky tone, "I never did properly thank you for killing my old sensei. Plus you can consider this a "Welcome back from training" present."

The purple haired vixen then walked up to him and pulled him into a deep tongue probing kiss that felt like he was getting a deep gum cleaning. She then pulled him into the room with her and shut the door behind them and there was the sound of a lock being clicked shut.

Meanwhile…

In a cave in Ame eight astral projections stood.

"So are we ready to begin the plan?" asked a figure with multiple colored eyes.

"It seems that we are," said one figure with a Venus flytrap on his head. He also spoke in two voices.

"Finally," said a figure with a large scythe on his back, "Lord Jashin has been wondering when his next sacrifices will come."

"Sasori," the man with multiple eye colors called, "Deidara!"

One figure that had hair covering one eye and another who seemed to be a hunchback approached.

"Yes Pein-sama?" the one with hair over his eye said.

"Go and retrieve the Ichibi," the now identified Pein ordered, "It is time to set our plan in motion."

Cut! Okay so the Akatsuki are on the move and Naruto and the others are back from their freakishly long training trip with Naruto. What are their new skills? What will they be able to do? Well you're just going to have to turn in next time! As they say in Japan and/or China Sayonara!